File:Limehouse Reach RMG BHC4248.tiff
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[edit]Edmund Aubrey Hunt: Limehouse Reach
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| Author |
Edmund Aubrey Hunt |
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Limehouse Reach  |
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| Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Description |
English: Limehouse Reach An evocative Thames scene showing lighters and barges in Limehouse Reach. The paddle steamer in the centre of the painting is towing a barge on the left, a rowing boat and two lighters. The lighter farthest right is laden with barrels and a crew of four are seated in the bow with a fifth man on the tiller in the stern. The smoke from the paddle steamer partly obscures the barge and rowing boat. The buildings of Limehouse are captured in a shaft of sunlight in the distance on the right. The distinctive spire of St Anne's church, one of the three great Hawkesmoor churches in the East End can be seen with the octagonal water tower just in view to the left. The name Limehouse came from the lime kilns sited there from the 14th century onwards. The lime produced was used for the plaster in the wattle and daub timber-framed buildings of the period. The painting also shows Thames barges under sail as well as lighters and small boats moored near the wharves. By the 19th century the lighters tied up at the small wharves there, used for barge building and repairs. Limehouse remained important due to its links with the sea as the commercial aspect of London grew. The artist was an American landscape and rural painter who was an active exhibitor in London. James Whistler greatly admired Hunt's work and regarded such river scenes as more important and artistically rare than those of Edwin Ellis, Alfred East or W.L. Wyllie. |
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| Date | Late 19th century - Early 20th century | ||||||||||||||||||||
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oil on canvas |
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| Dimensions | Painting: 817 x 1373 x 30 mm; Frame: 1160 x 1720 x 120 mm | ||||||||||||||||||||
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BHC4248 |
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| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/201230 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright. |
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| Identifier | Acquisition Number: OP1994-1 id number: BHC4248 |
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| Collection | Oil paintings | ||||||||||||||||||||
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